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Holiday Home Tour

December 7, 2009 By Michelle Barneck 35 Comments

Merry SITSmas!

I put so much time and effort in to decorating I thought I would share a little home tour so someone besides me could enjoy it. 😉 So here is a whirlwind tour of my main floor. Enjoy!


The Santa Bros. welcome you at the front door.


Then, the door opens to a garland on the banister.
(Dollar store garland with leftover ribbon)


Turn to the right to see the tree. It is massive and takes like 10 strings of lights. Kicks my tail every year!


I love this believe sign right in the middle of the tree.


The stockings were hung from the small shelf with care. I learned to put them up high after one of the stocking hangers nearly took out my son last year.


Row, Row, Row through the snow? Added some leftover ribbon.


Sorry, this is hard to see. There is my olive wood nativity from Israel, A small nativity that says “Jesus is the Reason for the Season”, A Believe sign, the piano music to “Silent Night”, a basket of cinnamon pine cones holding up a “Joy” tile, a Father Christmas figure and a tiny nativity in the midst of the words Silent Night. Phew. Click on the pic to see it bigger.


On to the Kitchen, there is my traditional seasonal list pad and top of fridge decor.


Some of the little ones Christmasy art on the pantry door. A tile on top of the cabinets.
I LOVE this quote!! My parents gave it to me for Christmas last year.


Sleigh (hand me down from mom) and tree (from college dorm) arrangement for the counter and more cabinet decor. All the random greenery is stuff that fell off my tree when hubs put it up that I didn’t bother to put back on.


Mr. Snowman stares down at us from above the blinds to the door waiting for a good time to pelt us with his snowball. Candy Cane Candle arrangement for the table. Warning:when storing your Christmas decor in the shed during 100 degree summers, your candles may warp. 😉


This is my very favorite decor item this year!! My mom always had her banister decorated with a pine garland tied with ribbons and I always loved it. Mine is much less formal, but I adore the plaid burlap type ribbon! I told hubs he had to be decorated with a Christmasy blanket if he was going to be in the pic. JK Again, dollar store garland with ribbon I bought one year at the after Christmas sale.

Some wall decor to transition us to the Family room. No, I did not stitch that cute sign. I bought it from Deseret Book on the after Christmas sale. I made the decoupage wood stocking at my Sister’s Mother-in-law’s Super Saturday many moons ago.

Winterizing the bathroom. My hubs actually laughed out loud at the wash cloths in the s’more snowman mug. We have a joke about my mugs. He hates them.


Adding a little flair to the DVD cases. We like to store our souvenirs from our travels here, so it was a natural addition to add a nativity from my Israel trip. The snowman was a gift from a good friend.


See there are benefits to not having a flat panel TV. 😉


More stuff.


Simplify your life, Believe in your dreams, See with your heart, Know what love means. Not necessarily a Christmas quote, but it fits the season for me.

I hope you enjoyed spending some time at my place! To see more Holiday Home Tours, head over to Tip Junkie! Reinvented has some great Trash to Treasure projects with wrapping paper.

Christmas Tour of Homes with The Nester

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  1. Stacey says

    December 7, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    Very pretty decorations!

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  2. Regan says

    December 8, 2009 at 2:27 am

    I left my Yankee Candle ‘Christmas Cookie’ candle in the garage all throughout summer (we live near Phoenix and it’s very hot) and my candle melted into a funky shape. So now I put it on the stove on my warmer stove top circle.
    I love your decorations and I really loved how you decorated all of your house even your bathroom. Great job!

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  3. Michie says

    December 8, 2009 at 5:40 am

    Thank you for sharing! I loved looking at your decorations. I just put one of my husband’s Darth Vader decorations in the kitchen (his domain) last night, but I wasn’t really sure where to put it – it might be best on top of the refrigerator. Why didn’t I think of that? 🙂

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  4. The Soladay Family says

    December 8, 2009 at 8:27 am

    What a beautiful tree!!

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  5. Alex Fitzpatrick aka Ma What's 4 Dinner says

    December 8, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    Merry SITSmas! Love that you hung the stockings up higher this year. My third just turned one and first thing he did was rip one of those bad boys right off the mantle. Big heavy pottery barn stocking holder hurling towards the floor missed him by an inch. Think I’d have learned by now…uh no!

    Love your blog! I’ll be back for sure!

    Alex aka Ma What’s For Dinner?
    http://www.MaWhats4Dinner.com

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  6. Becky says

    December 8, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    Love the decorations! I love a festive home.

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  7. Pink & Green Mama says

    December 8, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    It’s beginning to look a lot like SITSmas!!

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  8. Laura says

    December 8, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    Love the decorations! Merry SITSmas!

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  9. Trish says

    December 8, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    Stopping by from SITS…I love all your decor!!!

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  10. Robin says

    December 8, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    Oh so cute!
    I love all you festive decorating….all the way down to the bathroom mirror. 🙂

    Merry SITSmas!

    Have a beautiful day.

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  11. I'm Anitra! says

    December 8, 2009 at 2:06 pm

    Thanks for the tour–how cozy! Marry SITSmas and thanks for popping by my place!

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  12. aurora says

    December 8, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    Love your blog! Just saw you on Mormon Mommy Blogs–just joined and not sure how it works. 🙂

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  13. Shannon says

    December 8, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    The quote tile on the cabinet is my favorite.

    Merry SITSmas to you!

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  14. Corrie Howe says

    December 8, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    What a lovely house and so beautifully decorated. Sorry, I’ve been behind in my blogs, hope to do a better job keeping up!

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  15. Rita Kent at TesoroFino.Com says

    December 8, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in this post. Very pretty! Stop by and see my creation this week and let me know what you think!

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  16. Twincerely,Olga says

    December 8, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    Wow! Looks awesome!! Happy SITSmas Day!!stop by

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  17. Queenie Jeannie says

    December 8, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    Wow! That’s a whole lot of decorating!

    Merry SITSmas!!!

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  18. MomBabe says

    December 8, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    Cute! You should link to the MMB holiday home tour too. 😉

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  19. Just A Mom (Call me JAM for short) says

    December 8, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    How beautiful! I love seeing how others are decorating for the holiday. It’s a holiday home tour you can take in your jammies!

    Merry SITSmas!

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  20. sandy says

    December 8, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    Have a very Merry SITSmas!

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  21. Sassily Yours... says

    December 8, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    I’m hooked so far & have become a follower. Merry SITSmas!

    Sassily Yours…
    @ http://thecrazysideofsane.blogspot.com/

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  22. Joy says

    December 8, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    All your decorations are lovely Michelle! I love that patchy stocking.

    Hope you had a very merry SITSmas!

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  23. Elaine says

    December 9, 2009 at 1:02 am

    LOVE the decorations! Such a cozy home!!!

    clothedmuch.blogspot.com

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  24. Lynnae says

    December 9, 2009 at 2:45 am

    ‘”We have a joke about my mugs- he hates them”! LOL! We have a lot of jokes like that at my house to. He has to suffer with my little whims, but at least I have blog sisters (and a few real sisters) out there who ‘get it’.
    I am decorating my bathroom immediately!

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  25. Veronica Lee says

    December 9, 2009 at 3:25 am

    Merry SITSmas!!

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  26. Sarah says

    December 9, 2009 at 10:43 am

    I love all your Christmas decorations! God’s blessings, Sarah 😀

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  27. Lady of Perpetual Chaos says

    December 9, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    Your house is beautiful! And the next tree we buy will be pre-lit, baby!

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  28. Jodie says

    December 9, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    I love your house! You did a great job decorating!

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  29. Primary Work at Home says

    December 10, 2009 at 11:31 am

    Wow I like your design. Great!

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  30. Tasha says

    December 12, 2009 at 2:43 am

    I love that you decorate EVERY room. We live in a pretty small apartment so it’s kinda all one room, but the bathroom? That just never occured to me, and you did it so cute!

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  31. Ells says

    December 13, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    Great job – even the top of the fridge got some love! 🙂

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  32. Lianna Knight says

    December 14, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    I love the Santa hanger on the front door…so so pretty!

    You can see our Christmas decor here…http://bethouaknight.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-at-knight-home.html

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  33. honeysuckle says

    December 14, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    Looks like you are certainly ready for Christmas. I like how you have lovingly decorated so many places in your home. Merry Christmas!

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  34. Heather says

    December 17, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    I really like you olive wood nativities. Super cute idea for the bathroom mirror. Merry Christmas!

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  35. beautyinallthings says

    December 18, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    It all looks so festive! Thanks for showing us around! I am stopping in from Nester’s place. To see my tour click on the ‘Christmas 2009’ tag on the left sidebar of my blog.

    Reply

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